Quid Hic Agis? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHHAAIIGG JJKKIILLII A MMNGIOPBIOGPGQQGIIII RR A PPKKGHGHHHPPHHPPSSII II I

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When I weekly knewB
An ancient pewB
And murmured thereC
The forms of prayerC
And thanks and praiseD
In the ancient waysD
And heard read outE
During August droughtE
That chapter from KingsF
Harvest time bringsF
How the prophet brokenG
By griefs unspokenG
Went heavily awayH
To fast and to prayH
And while waiting to dieA
The Lord passed byA
And a whirlwind and fireI
Drew nigher and nigherI
And a small voice anonG
Bade him up and be goneG
I did not apprehendJ
As I sat to the endJ
And watched for her smileK
Across the sunned aisleK
That this tale of a seerI
Which came once a yearI
Might when sands were heapingL
Be like a sweat creepingL
Or in any degreeI
Bear on her or on meI
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IIA
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When later by chanceM
Of circumstanceM
It befel me to readN
On a hot afternoonG
At the lectern thereI
The selfsame wordsO
As the lesson decreedP
To the gathered fewB
From the hamlets nearI
Folk of flocks and herdsO
Sitting half aswoonG
Who listened theretoP
As women and menG
Not overmuchQ
Concerned at suchQ
So like them thenG
I did not seeI
What drought might beI
With me with herI
As the KalendarI
Moved on and TimeR
Devoured our primeR
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IIIA
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But now at lastP
When our glory has passedP
And there is no smileK
From her in the aisleK
But where it once shoneG
A marble men sayH
With her name thereonG
Is discerned to dayH
And spiritlessH
In the wildernessH
I shrink from sightP
And desire the nightP
Though as in old wiseH
I might still ariseH
Go forth and standP
And prophesy in the landP
I feel the shakeS
Of wind and earthquakeS
And consuming fireI
Nigher and nigherI
And the voice catch clearI
What doest thou hereI
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The Spectator During the WarI

Thomas Hardy



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